Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-27
TELEGRAPHIC.
RURxRD ALIVE.
DEsTRUCTToE or HOUSES, STABLES AND
HORSES n HEw ToEx.

DEsTHUcTIoz or HoUsEs. STABLES AND
HORSES n EEw ToEx.
EEw YoEK, Msy "a. 3 .. n FIames
broke out At 1.30 q. NJ. in the south end
Of 9 IiBe Of stables on Tenth Avenue.
between So and E4sb streets. Ire
building was eBtireiy DESTROYED With
Loo herses and nearly all the ears IN
tbs building. Two blocks Of buildings
ase also In flames. Tbe harnes we're
FIRST seen by one Of the night bands
Who gave the siaFm. The flames spread
rapidly snd soon completely enseioped
the building in their fold. The build.
ing vas five story stFuetnre and eoy
cred Q square block. reaching back 20
Eleventh avenue.
They we're 10 flames 50 quickly that
theTe was no chance to save the books
OF the Company. Ia the stables were
over $50 horses and several hundred
cara. Only ten bane-ssrs were saved.
AZ 2 O'Clock tie walls Of tue kuildiBg
fell IN With crash, sending millions Of
sparks and blszinR pieces of wood high
10 the air. tbs call Of tkFse SKIES bad
been made as soon as the Fire Chief ar
rived at the scene, and engines from all
parts Of the city, with water toReF and
hook and ladder ooDpanies we're soon
coming.
1Es heat from the flaming building
Vas % great that several hFemen ard
two peiieemen we're Frustrated. AZ l35
q. 10. the flames, aided by the strong biRb
wind which was pFsvailiDg, bad leaped
across the vide avenue and vere com-
muntcated 10 the whole block on tie
east side, between Fifty third and Fifty
AAmWah IT, E4r,4k 4. -
OF Elk story tenement houses and coal
yard. The terrier stricken tenants
poured ont Of the building like q swarm
Of bees, praying. fighting and euEsinR
by turn. Ths scene Of terror vas indie
soFibable. The buildings burned rap.
Idly, thsugh the fronts facing the ave
nue. were brown stone. By 2s30 they
we're completely Quilted. The hames
spread 20 the entire square block over
to Ninth AvenBe.
NEW YoRx. May 1920 A. M.-Tbe
next block below had caught FIRE and
vas blazing heFcely. The streets ia the
vicinity for blocks away we're filled With
frightened, crying ard woe stricken
tenants, heeing from the Fassges Of the
flames.
The loss TO the Belt line people IL
probably $4,000. The tenement houses
were tbickIy peoplsd Every floor had
fFsm Z to families. A number Of
men slept Ia the car stable. Ii is not
known how the IRE originated. OsinR
TO the distance or The IRE, It Is difficult
30 Get particulars.
INV YOHK. May 1880 q. ma
telephone message Just received from
the fire says that il is believed that
khaWo kaa l.. a 80
number Of firemen and policemen we're
overcome by the heat and sent TO RO0se.
velt Hospital.
3.45 A. n Seventy-fvs dWeIlinRs,
mostly frame tenements, inhabited by
poor people, also q soap factory and a
brewery. are among the b1ildinRs
harmed. The loss will aggregate over
$1,000 eco. The fire 10 now believed 20
be under oontTol.
street Car stables Burned.
OTEcmNATI, May 27.--At $40 an,
city time, the general fre alarm called
ths department 10 the hurniug street
car stables, near the site OF the old
Brighton house. The stable il Resriv
600 feet long, and contained about $50
street cars and over 800 horses. About
100 loose horses came stamping franti-
cally through the city. from which
if 10 inferred that n large number 81
horses have been saved. There il still
the possibility Of loss OF SlO0.000 or
&s0O,O0O u the stable Is completely Do.
stroysd.
Sire On san Francisco.
San FRASoIsoo, May q. AT midnight
9 fire broke on, IN the rear Of Grams &
GtnmEnHEfa NnHntN-.. g.
three story franz bnildiuq at GIT Bryant
street, between Fifth and Sixth. The
place was soon a mass OF flames. Later
they spread TO che engine building and
the marble yards of j. and Il. Kessler
and the saloon 10 the rear. All these
STRUCTURES by 100 a. N. we're completely
destroyed. Tue entire loss Is estimated
a. 10000, on which there was small
insurance.
Ten Francs Tax on sugar.
PARIs, May 6.-Ths Senate agreed to
the ten franc sur-tax on sugar.
De fFeyeineG VIII Again Decline.
PARIs. Nav 26.-Is Is reported that De
Ffeyc.net knds il impossible 81 form a
stable Ministry and that he will hgaia
decline to undertake ths task.
Prince Frederick williams Illness.
BERLIN, May 26,--The Reiehs Aszsiqsr
gives the following account Of Prince
Frederick Williams illness: cdr. Mac.
kenEie operated With laTyngal forceps
successfully and removed a foreign
growth from the Princes throat, but
the Prince remains liable to relapse
from the return OF the tumof In worse
FORM"
EngorelaE law In RelRIum.
BRusaKrs, May y. The Pablis Pros
eeutor has ordered the enforcement, Of
the law against the sale OF arms, with a
view Of checking the trade outrage.
new Canon on Marriage.
PHuApKIPHIk. MAY 26 The eleventh
Biennial session of the General Council
Of the Reformed EpiscopaliAn Church
was continued today. Ths new canon
on marriage and divorce was taken Up
for consideration. After a prolonged
discussion the subject was recOmnititd
70 the Committee on Constitution and
Oanons.
BASEBALL.
CINCINNATI. May 26.-Cinoinnati, 6;
Athletics, ..
wAsHISaroS, May aS.-Game called
In the fourth Inning on account ~ ram.
NEw YoRK. May 26.-NeW York, !;
Detroit, G.
ST. Louis, May s6.-st. Louis, II
Metropolitans, 3.
BosroS, May s6.-Bsston. /; Cal
caRo, 3.
LouIsvuLE, May 26.-Louisvills. n;
Brooklyn. 2.
PHILApELPsIk. May G.-Indiauapo.
lis, Z; Philadelphia. ..
CLEVELAND, May e6,-No game on ao-
count Of rain.
suit Against the Northern Faclne.
NEw Yokk. May 70 The Oregon
Transeontinentai today coamenced = |
suit In the United States Great Court /
against the Northern Pacific Railway, |
TO restrain the latter from issuing any |
bonds uF providine any means for the /
OF interest 90 bonds issued for /
the construction OF the Spokane aud /
Palouse Railroad. Tue plant IL claim i
that they own 1900 shares Of she de |
PENDANTS road. aud that the new road 4
Is being constructed With a yles 80 DE-.
fraud.
Regulations Of an Exposition,
WAsulSaraS, May - In pursaanee
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